One Day with Kids

My daughter and her class mates got photo session one day last week. I feel so lucky could capture the children's acts during their waiting and other moms didn't ...yessss, that's just one of serial advantages as a stay at home mom like I am, right? What a lovely morning and excited atmosphere when we have to compromise with fifteen 'under 5 years old' kids to use their costumes ... wowwww !!!!

Here are some pictures almost moms proud of and waiting for tagged at their facebook - but sorry, moms, I couldn't keep my promise to upload at fb. I'm sure you may enjoy your kids pose here as fun as if you're there at that time.

Luv you kiddos ...LOL

Chatting while waiting ...

Smile, dear ...!

The giant cucumber ...

She wants to touch the camera !

Envy

I'm not in a good mood since yesterday. I don't feel any comfort, my heart beats faster, my mind is not focus, and my ears so itchy. Just to hear and see someone alse's (or even my friend's) happiness and her/his superiority than what I am or what I have right now. Comparing mine to others.
I know it's not a very good attitude.
This all means I'm not grateful with all I have.
It is envy ...
It sometimes happened to me.
May be someone else did to me, too.
And it never ends in pleasure...
Just wanna ease this feeling away from me.
Just wanna share it is okay to have an envy inside you ...or me, if we have a courage to fight this feeling.
Because it useless.
Envy hurts you deeply, it brings you away from e'one you love.
Astaghfirllah ...

~ Envy eats nothing but its own heart ~

What I've been doing lately ...

Say I'm not a good writer, so I stop blogging for months right now ... Nothing new about me unless I've been around with some sketches especially long sleeves shirts from batik. Never imagine that I will do this, but I did at least since 1 year ago. I'm in the early learning steps, not yet be confident introducing my design. Hope yall like the beautiful colour ... :)

My Reunion Double Pages

For the background of these double pages I used wave 12x12 " cardboard. It always be may most favourite one because the wave, texture and colour seem so perfect for me. At the beginning of my work, I was a little bit in doubt how I was going ti mix the colour. The Marche Restaurant is so country style, and I didn't have any papers match with my theme. Fortunately I brought a brochure and loyalty card from it, so it began easier for me to get the colour harmony. I choosed "After years" title here coz I hadn't met my friends here for very long time, most of them I hadn't met for 10 years. So the fasting break this year became kind of sweet small reunion. Great time, great place, great layout for pages for me ...

My Ramadhan Journal

This idea suddenly came into my head when I was in the middle of cleaning up my scrapbooking stuff last week. As I mention on my status, I had a new tiny cabinet I planned to put all these goodies inside. When I saw my bulk of stuff could not all went into the new cabinet, then I thought of why not making these scraps into sweet ramadhan journal? Yeah, yeah, yeah ... good idea! I could take pictures and writing something during my ramadhan period this year. I'll make the Eid Mubarrak this time become the ending journal.

I'll show you one of my pictures here, and wait what I can make best for this Ramadhan Journal.

Happy Ramadhan e'body! :D

My menu for sahur on Day 1: Fried Fish, Brocolly n corn , fried tofu and chilli ketcup

My scrapbooking class @ GI on Day 7, I met two beautiful women who all in love ... :).

Whatta blessed Ramadhan. Insya'allah.

Can you see the cat on my head, bunda?

At the first day of her school after a week of absent - she got influenza together with her big brother and lost almost 2kgs of her weight - she had a new school bag. Yesss, her old bag was her brother's Barney bag, so I could say the it is her first one. How happy she was when she made a cat headband from paper @ school. Many times she ask me " Can you see the cat, bunda?" Yes, dear, I can see a sparkling in your eyes. There's no more happiness for me rather than seeing her in a healthy condition and enjoy her creativity...

Stitching is still my most favourite technique in scrapbooking

Thank You, God ... We're still Together

Yesterday was my husband 42nd B'day and as every year before we made a small celebration to thank Allah SWT who has been giving us health , happiness and wonderful family the whole year through. Alhamdulillah ...
Happy B'day, Ayah ... we love you very much, always.


As you see below, I made the LO for my dearest uncle and auntie. I 've been seeing how they are always be together in their easy and hard life, how they support each other, take care each other, and respect each other. This is my sweetest gift for their love.

The Most Beautiful Trip Is Going Home

Although this time I only had less than a week to stay in my hometown Yogyakarta, but I was satissfied could visit my mom's grave at the last day of my stay.

My children also played hard with their cousins from day till late night. I could chat a lot with my one and only sister, talk about our husbands, our children and our dreams. Seeing my father in a good health was the greatest gift of my coming home. Especially when watching my father playing with all of his grandchildren since it become a rare occasion for him.

In the middle of my staying, unexpected, my best friend Laras called me to ask a small reunion among girlsfriends from elementry school. So, I met two moms and one wife who were my playmates and are now keep living in Yogya. Whatta a lovely reunion. Alhamdulillah, Ya Allah, You give me a chance to meet great and wonderful women with their own stories. Stories about struggling life. Stories that keep me saying thankful words to You. Grateful to our life, with all its weakness and strengths. Cherish every moment. Way to go, girls!

A WEEK IN LIFE PROJECT

Here some photos I took this mornin' for Week In Life Project @ Day 5.

My children are always be my fave object ...

An advice

This advice came from a traditional African prayer is so touching my heart, and I want to share with you all. Hopefully we can teach each of the value inside to our children and act them everyday in our life ...

Let us take care of the children,

for they have a long way to go.

Let us take care of the elders,

for they have come a long way.

Let us take care of those in between,

for they are doing the work.

My wishes 2 my B'day Daughter

For attractive lips,

speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes,

seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure,

share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair,

let a child run his fingers through it once a day.

For poise,

walk with the knowledge you never walk alone.

- "Beauty Secrets," by Sam Levenson -

Happy B'day, my lil'l sweetheart, wish you always in good health, to be a down to earth person, and keep your faith to Allah SWT. Ayah, Bunda & kak Alif will always here for you, sweetie...

Just want to share my other old LOs

Here, I’ll show you my two LOs which actually I made about a year ago. Since 12”x12” become my most comfortable size ever, I never want to try smaller one, now I had to deal with 2 unique shapes of paper.
The first page, yes the blue monochrome one, I still tried to complete with 12”x12” paper coz I was not confident enough. I ‘ll tell you a story behind the photograph I used here. Actually that one took by my cousin in 2006, on Eid Mubarrak Day but she just gave it to me about two years later. Since the photograph pictured my son with his two cousins Zaki & Tisya in their wide smile and Moslem clothes, together with the fact that it became our first Eid Mubarrak without my Mama after her death of cancer, I pushed my self to make it into a scrapbooking page soon. I was so sure the title reflected my son and his cousin’s smile would be their granpa’s joy after his biggest lost.

In the second page, I still use monochrome style of brown. I made the photo in sephia, so it would look in harmony with the brown background. In that photo my son just ate chocolate bar, so you can see that his lips look like using a lipstick. Almost embellishments I cut from pattern paper, except the chipboard corner & aluminium cloth clip I bought in Daiso - 20 pieces in 1 pack ony for Rp 20.000,-

All About My Boy

I made this LO for 3 days!

... just like I said, my brain is moving faster than my hands!

I was inspired of what my dear friend Ria Nirwana did on her latest LO, and then I tried to make a sketch from it, and create my own version page.